Canada

We just learned about Lattitude and Longitude.

Canada is a country located in the North American continent.


(from: wikipedia - canada)

It is the second largest country in the world at over 3.8 million square miles,
and it has the longest coastline in the world at over 125,000 miles!

There are ten provinces and three territories in Canada.
Provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador
Territories: Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut

There are two official languages in Canada: English and French.

Apostle's Creed - Part 10

Apostle's Creed - we're getting there!

We just learned up through Part 9.

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended into hell. On the third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints,

Here's part 10:

the forgiveness of sins,


(from: wikipedia - apostle's creed)

This means you believe that Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins.

Earth

We just learned about Venus.

Since we're learning about all the planets, we can't skip the best one... Earth!


(from: wikipedia - earth)

Earth is sometimes known as the Blue Planet because from outer space it is blue from all the water.

Well over half of the planet is water, unlike any other planet in our solar system.

It is the 3rd closest to the sun, and the 5th largest planet.

And as far as we can tell so far, Earth is the only planet in our solar system with life!

French - Horse, sheep, duck

We learned last week that the farm animals cow chicken and pig
in French are vache, poulet and porc.

Let's learn a few more farm animals!


horse - cheval - sounds like shay-vahl /?/
sheep - mouton - sounds like moo-toon /?/
duck - canard - sounds like cay-nah /?/

Atom

We just learned about Binary.

What's the smallest thing you can think of?
A grain of sand?
A drop of water?

Well even smaller than any of those is something called an atom.

An atom is so small, that in one single grain of sand there aren't just millions,
billions or trillions of atoms, but quadrillions or quintillions of them!

A quintillion is a 1 with 18 zeroes after it: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000

Atoms are the building blocks of our world, they make up every part of our bodies,
and every thing around us from the ground we stand on to the air we breathe.


(from: wikipedia - atom)

Shark Teeth

We just learned about Coyote Yips.

Ever wonder why sharks have so many big sharp teeth?

Sharks don't get teeth like humans, they develop row after row of new teeth.

So when the teeth right at the edge of their mouth break off
from chomping on too many tasty fish, a whole new set pushes forward to replace them!

(from: wikipedia - great white shark)

Tibia & Fibula

We just learned about the femur and patella.

The bones attached below those two are called the tibia and fibula.

(from: wikipedia - fibula)

The tibia is the big one in front, also known as the shin bone.
It's the big flat bone you can feel in the front of your lower leg.
If you feel down around the outside of your ankle you can feel the smaller tibia bone.